G12 Leisure, Sport and Tourism

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IB Assessment Statements

1. 1. Leisure:

• Definition: discuss difficulties in attempting to define leisure, recreation, tourism and sport.
• Discuss the influence of accessibility, changes in technology and affluence upon the growth of these activities.

1. 2. Leisure at the international scale:

• Changes in demand: explain the long- and short-term trends and patterns in international tourism.
• Changes in supply: Examine the changes in location and development of different tourist activities. Explain the growth of more remote tourist destinations.

1. 3. Leisure at the international scale: sport

• International participation and success: Examine the social, cultural, economic and political factors affecting participation and success in two major international sports.
• Case study of a contemporary international sports event: analyse the geographic factors that influenced choice of venue.
• Examine the factors affecting the sphere of influence for participants and supporters.
• Evaluate the short- and long-term geographic costs and benefits of hosting such an event at both the local and national level.

1. 4. Leisure at the national / regional scale: tourism

• Case study of a national tourist industry: examine the economic, social and environmental impacts of tourism.
• Case study of eco-tourism: evaluate the strategies designed to manage and sustain the tourist industry.
• Tourism as a development strategy: examine the importance of tourism as a development strategy for low-income countries.

1. 5. Leisure at the national / regional scale: sport

• Case study of a national sports league: explain the hierarchy of a league and the location of its teams.
• Examine the relationship between team location and the residence of its supporters.

1. 6. Leisure at the local scale: tourism.

• Tourism management in urban areas: for one named city of large town 1) describe the distribution and location of primary and secondary tourist resources 2) discuss the strategies designed to manage tourist demands, maximise capacity and minimize conflict between local residents and visitors, and avoid environmental damage.
• Tourism management in rural areas: examine the concept of carrying capacity in a rural tourist area.
• Discuss the strategies designed to maximize capacity and minimize conflicts between local residents and visitors, and avoid environmental damage.

1. 7. Leisure at the local scale: sport and recreation.

• The leisure hierarchy: explain the relationship between urban settlements and recreational and sports facilities in terms of frequency, size, range and catchment area.
• Intra-urban spatial patterns: examine the distribution and location of recreational and sports facilities in urban areas and relate the patterns to accessibility, land value and the physical and socio-economic characteristics of each urban zone (from the CBD to the rural-urban fringe).
• Urban regeneration: discuss the role of sport and recreation in regeneration strategies in urban areas (2012 Olymics).

1. 8. Sustainable tourism

• Define sustainable tourism.

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